The Works of the English Poets: J. Philips, Smith, and PomfretH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... HAPPY the man , who , void of cares and strife , In filken or in leathern purfe retains A Splendid Shilling : he nor hears with pain New oyfters cry'd , nor fighs for chearful ale ; But with his friends , when nightly mists arise , To ...
... HAPPY the man , who , void of cares and strife , In filken or in leathern purfe retains A Splendid Shilling : he nor hears with pain New oyfters cry'd , nor fighs for chearful ale ; But with his friends , when nightly mists arise , To ...
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... · Th ' afflictive keen defire of food , expos'd To winds , and storms , and jaws of favage beafts . Thrice happy Albion ! from the world disjoin'd 2 By Heaven propitious , blissful feat of peace ! Learn C33 By BLENHEIM . 21.
... · Th ' afflictive keen defire of food , expos'd To winds , and storms , and jaws of favage beafts . Thrice happy Albion ! from the world disjoin'd 2 By Heaven propitious , blissful feat of peace ! Learn C33 By BLENHEIM . 21.
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... happy days , By her reftor'd , her juft defigns complete , And , mildly on her fhining , blefs the world ! Thus , from the noisy crowd exempt , with ease . And plenty bleft , amid the mazy groves , ( Sweet folitude ! ) where warbling ...
... happy days , By her reftor'd , her juft defigns complete , And , mildly on her fhining , blefs the world ! Thus , from the noisy crowd exempt , with ease . And plenty bleft , amid the mazy groves , ( Sweet folitude ! ) where warbling ...
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... happy foil should be withheld ; If a penurious clay fhould be thy lot , Or rough unwieldy earth , nor to the plough , Nor to the cattle kind , with fandy stones And gravel o'er - abounding , think it not Beneath thy toil ; the sturdy ...
... happy foil should be withheld ; If a penurious clay fhould be thy lot , Or rough unwieldy earth , nor to the plough , Nor to the cattle kind , with fandy stones And gravel o'er - abounding , think it not Beneath thy toil ; the sturdy ...
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... happy union ; others fitter deem The Sloe - ftem bearing Sylvan Plumbs auftere . Who knows but both may thrive ? howe'er , what lofs To try the powers of both , and fearch how far Two different natures may concur to mix In close ...
... happy union ; others fitter deem The Sloe - ftem bearing Sylvan Plumbs auftere . Who knows but both may thrive ? howe'er , what lofs To try the powers of both , and fearch how far Two different natures may concur to mix In close ...
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Page 5 - Disastrous acts forebode. In his right hand Long scrolls of paper solemnly he waves, With characters and figures dire inscrib'd, Grievous to mortal eyes.
Page 6 - The wasp insidious, and the buzzing drone, And butterfly proud of expanded wings Distinct with gold, entangled in her snares...
Page 4 - Cadwallador and Arthur, kings Full famous in romantic tale) when he, O'er many a craggy hill and barren cliff, Upon a cargo of fam'd Cestrian cheese, High over-shadowing rides, with a design To vend his wares, or at th' Avonian mart, Or Maridunum, or the ancient town Yclep'd Brechinia, or where Vaga's stream Encircles Ariconium, fruitful soil!
Page 7 - An horrid chasm disclose, with orifice Wide, discontinuous ; at which the winds Eurus and Auster, and the dreadful force Of Boreas, that congeals the Cronian waves, Tumultuous enter, with dire chilling blasts Portending agues.
Page 63 - Hinds to exercise the pointed Steel On the hard Rock, and give a wheely Form To the expected Grinder: Now prepare Materials for thy Mill, a sturdy Post Cylindric, to support the Grinder's Weight Excessive, and a flexile Sallow' entrench'd, Rounding, capacious of the juicy Hord.
Page 53 - Sylvan fhades, and filent groves, "(Haunt (Haunt of the Druids) whence the earth is fed With copious fuel ; whence the fturdy oak, A prince's refuge once, th...
Page 289 - By great example to wise actions led : Much to the fame her lineal heroes bore She owes, but to her own high genius more; And, by a noble emulation mov'd, Excell'd their virtues, and her own improv'd ; Till they arriv'd to that celestial height, Scarce angels greater be, or saints so bright.
Page 72 - s emblazon'd by the rosy dawn, Domestic cares awake them ; brisk they rise, Refresh'd, and lively with the joys that flow From amicable talk, and moderate cups Sweetly interchang'd.
Page 214 - Near some obliging, modest fair to live : For there's that sweetness in a female mind Which in a man's we cannot hope to find...
Page 51 - Traverse th' extremest world ? why tempt the rage Of the rough ocean ? when our native glebe Imparts, from bounteous womb, annual recruits Of wine delectable, that far surmounts Gallic, or Latin grapes, or those that see The setting sun near Calpe's towering height. Nor let the Rbodian, nor the Lesbian vines Vaunt their rich Must, nor let Tokay contend For sovereignty ; Phanaeus